Livestream is unveiling a major upgrade to its live video service today. It won’t be fully rolled out until December, but you can see a preview of it here or watch the video below. The new player brings a few firsts to live video: an adaptive bitrate which can adjust dynamically based on the viewers bandwidth up to HD quality (720p); an instant playback DVR feature; a live blogging platform to add text, photos, and video clips underneath the main video; and social networking features.
One of the most noticeable changes is the DVR functionality. “Viewers can rewind while it is live,” says CEO Max Haot. One of the big issues with live video online is that it takes a while for an archive to be viewable. At the very least, you have to wait for the live event to be finished before an archive can be produced. But Livestream’s new platform allows for viewers to jump back to earlier parts of the live video while it is still being streamed. This feature will also allow producers to cut clips and embed them in the feed below the video stream.
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I’m broadcasting life from the Timecrafter’s watch show in New York with Hugh Dougherty, the Mart & Highlights Editor for the National Association of Watch And Clock Collector’s own watch blog, WatchDig. We’ll be looking at some higher end watches (and some affordable ones as well) and talk about the recent watch show in Basel, Switzerland. → Read More
TimeCrafters is New York’s first high-end watchmaking show featuring many of the brands that we talk about on CrunchGear and my watch podcast. I’ll be streaming the event live at 10am Eastern today and, if you’re in the New York area, you can visit the show tomorrow and Sunday for $20 at the door. → Read More
I have the Motorola Xoom here in my hot little hands and I put it through its paces over the past few days and I’d love to demonstrate and explore the device with your questions in mind. What I’m planning is a 12pm Eastern/9am Pacific LIVE STREAM for one hour TOMORROW Friday, February 25, answering the questions you have about the device and going through some of the screens. You’ll also be able to ask me questions via chat and Twitter. → Read More
Not to be outdone, Western Digital just released the Live Plus HD Media Player with Netflix streaming. The $149 box will stream just about anything to any TV and includes a direct storage access system, allowing you to stream video right off of a hard drive. The device outputs 1080p video over HDMI 1.3. It also streams over Wi-Fi. Product Page → Read More
http://cdn.livestream.com/events/crunchgear/new/index.html This is where all of our live content for today’s Apple event will live. To make things perfectly clear, Apple won’t let us film inside the event. However, CrunchGear and a special surprise guest will offer a full play by play. Feel free to turn on your headphones at work and listen to the news as it happens or watch us live complete with coverage from San Francisco before and after the event. We will start streaming live at 12:30pm EST/9:30am PST and the event begins at 1pm EST/10am PST. Tweet us live at @crunchgear with the hashtag “#applelive.” You can read our previous tablet coverage right here. Want the traditional live blog? Rock out below at about 12:30pm EST. There is no need to refresh your screen as this system will update automatically. Let the games begin. → Read More
While it’s technically called the “Android Press Gathering,” we all know what’s coming. Today, Google is expected to formally unveil the Nexus One (the device which some have been referring to as the “Google Phone”). The long event taking place today is expected to have both a presentation as well as demonstrations. Follow our coverage below, live. → Read More
Greg Kumparak, live from Apple’s “It’s only rock and roll” event in San Francisco… → Read More
We’re live at Microsoft’s Xbox 360 press conference at E3 in Los Angeles. → Read More
NASA will be live-streaming the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on the “STS-125″ mission that aims to repair and upgrade the Hubble Telescope. → Read More
The iPhone 3.0 Announcement has come to an (abrupt) end. So how did Apple fare according to our Scorecard? Well, as you can see there is still room for improvement, but slighty better than expected – 75 out of 120 possible points. Here is the specific point breakdown: → Read More
We’re live at Apple Headquarters in Cupertino, California. Don’t forget to print out your play-along-at-home scorecard. → Read More
We’ll be going live at Apple Headquarters in Cupertino, California at 10am Pacific/1pm Eastern. MobileCrunch’s Greg Kumparak will be posting right here for your enjoyment.
John Biggs reporting live from Amazon’s Kindle press event in New York City. Hit the jump to see how it all plays out. → Read More
Welcome to our live coverage of Phil Schiller’s MacWorld 2009 keynote. We are hoping and praying that the server holds out so we’re no trying any special tricks this time – just good old fashioned blog posting. To see updates, please hit F5 to refresh. → Read More
This Friday, we the editors of CrunchGear will be hosting our Gala Online Awards Ceremony complete with dancing bears, punch, and whirling mirror balls. Until then, we invite you, the reading public, to select your favorite – and least favorite – gear of 2008 in our formal 2008 Reader’s Choice Awards. Click through to make your end-of-year picks. → Read More
